Fans of the legendary jam band chose to mail their ticket requests to the Dead's ticket service instead of booking online.

"Since the shows were announced a month ago more than 60,000 envelopes—many painstakingly adorned with the Dead’s typical psychedelic skulls and skeletons—have poured into a post office box in this picturesque Marin County spot a half-hour from the Golden Gate Bridge," the Journal reports. "The post office usually receives 7,000 letters a week."

2. Power outage

A computer problem at the U.S. Postal Service affected post office locations and shut off e-mails for about two days. The outage "mostly affected" administrative programs such as Internet access and e-mail programs, the USPS said in a statement.